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Catch up on the weekend's top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Stress in the banking sector is being closely monitored for its potential to trigger a credit crunch, a U.S. Federal Reserve policymaker said on Sunday, as a European Central Bank official also flagged a possible tightening in lending, Reuters' Howard Schneider and Tom Sims report. Meanwhile, U.S. authorities are considering expanding an emergency lending facility for banks in ways that would give First Republic Bank (FRC) more time to shore up its balance sheet, Bloomberg's Katanga Johnson and Saleha Mohsin reports, citing people familiar with the matter. Officials have yet to decide on what support they could provide First Republic, if any, and an expansion of the Federal Reserve's offering is one of several options being weighed at this early stage. 2. Elon Musk said Twitter (TWTR) employees will receive stock awards based on a roughly $20 billion valuation, less than half of the $44 billion price he acquired the company for last year, The Wall Street Journal's Alexa Corse reports, citing an email reviewed by the publication. Musk in the note to staff said he was optimistic about the social-media company's future. "I see a clear, but difficult, path to a greater than$250B valuation," meaning stock granted now would be worth 10 times more, he said. Musk also said in the email that Twitter is being reshaped so rapidly that the company "can be thought of as an inverse startup." He said radical changes have been necessary in part to ensure that Twitter didn't go bankrupt, according to the email. 3. As Silicon Valley Bank imploded and shares of regional banks tumbled earlier this month, investors ramped up their scrutiny of Charles Schwab (SCHW) - and sent shares spiraling downward, Andrew Welsch writes in this week's edition of Barron's. Wall Street analysts suggest that investors, spooked by liquidity concerns everywhere, have overreacted. But there are clear reasons to be cautious toward the stock. Rising interest rates and outflows of clients' cash could take a sizable bite out of Schwab's earnings, the author says. 4. Lionsgate's (LGF.B) "John Wick: Chapter 4" opened to a huge $73.5M domestically from 3,855 locations. Overseas, the fourth installment in the franchise earned $64M from 71 markets for a global cume of $137.5M. The movie, which stars Keanu Reeves as the expert assassin nicknamed Baba Yaga, received an A CinemaScore from audiences. 5. DBS Group (DBSDY), Itau Unibanco (ITUB), HDFC Bank (HDB), Humana (HUM), and Ford (F) saw positive mentions in this week's edition of Barron's.